Snow Flower

I love Free Spirit's line of Snow Flower. It's so beautiful! And the colors are just so sweet. I really enjoyed making this reversible car seat canopy. It turned out so darling!Buy Snow Flower Car Seat Canopy

Michael Miller Damask for Telicia

I loved doing this custom car seat canopy! I love Michael Miller's fabric, and I love damask. Oh, and who can go wrong with chocolate brown dot minky? I am in love. You?

Thanks, Telicia!

More Boy Stuff

I recently took a trip to the fabric store and only bought fabric for boy car seat canopies. It was hard. Not because I don't like boy colors or boys in general, there is just not much to choose from. What the heck, fabric designers? Throw me a bone. So I bought some bug fabric I've used before and paired it with a cool blue flannel: BUY Bugs and Blue Flannel Car Seat Canopy (My back drop for the next few months will be my dirty patio. Enjoy.) Then I found this awesome fabric for someone who is having a real boy and needs the world to know it. BUY Trucks and Tractors Car Seat Canopy How fun is that?! Both sides of that one are flannel - nice and soft. If you're into that. :)

White Elephant

It's true I've used Michael Miller's animals fabric before (above - back when my grass looked awesome), but I think I've complained about the lack of baby boy-looking fabric enough that it makes it okay for me to use it again. Last time I used the blue dots on brown for the other side. This time it's the turquoise dots on brown. See? Different. Also, the animals are facing north and south instead of east and west. But you noticed that. :)

Another Amy Butler

Finally some time off to sew (something other than the quilt I'm working on, I mean)! Here is another Amy Butler Love car seat blanket. I promise the next five or six car seat blankets that I make will be for boys. At least the next two. :) BUY Amy Butler Car Seat Canopy My grass is so ugly right now! Add the fact that it gets dark at 4:30 and that equals I need to find a new place to photograph these things. Sigh.

More Dotties and Amy Butler!

I'm slowly getting rid of my stash of fabric for car seat covers (and adding to my other stash of scraps and whatever for quilts). Here are three from the last week or so. I haven't fallen in love with boy fabric for a while, so I'm doing dots for boys. Anyone seen anything new for boys? I'm on a fabric fast (except for custom orders - throw me a bone, people) during the month of November. What am I missing out on?

Amy Butler's Memento in navy blue and Sunspots in wine. I really like this one. Can't believe I haven't already made this already, what with my love of Moda Dottie fabric and need for boy car seat covers. This isn't a great photo - it's very cuddly in real life. I'm finally calling it - that is black, not midnight blue. I used black thread. It's black. Right?

Can't Stay Away From Black and White

I'm always tempted by the black and white fabrics. And they look really cool on the car seat, too.

The Ones Left Behind

In my marathon of making car seat blankets for the boutique, there was one that didn't get made. I'm kind of glad, because a friend of mine bought it the other day and it will be perfect for her sister-in-law. The sister-in-law is having her 4th girl in a few weeks. We're thinking she might be done with pink. :) (First time using my sewing room/office to take the picture. I'm kind of happy about the result. Maybe I won't have to go all the way upstairs and outside for the photo shoots anymore.)

Nellie's Floral Car Seat Canopy

After finishing this car seat blanket I was bitter for about five seconds that I am having a boy and not a girl. I want this one for myself! I think it's so sweet. The pattern reminds me of my sweet Grandma Nellie - soft pinks and floral, and very feminine. Somebody please buy this one before I get too sad that I cannot put this one on my own car seat. :) Buy This Car Seat Blanket

Boys and Girl

I've been pretty good about making boy car seat blankets lately. And yes, I'm counting a gender-neutral one. First, an obviously male-inspired car seat blanket: And here is an extreme close-up of a Moda Dottie in Spring Green with Ivory Dot Minky. What a lofty title:And because I couldn't help myself, I made one for a girl with a couple of Heather Bailey's new fabrics. I had them cut the plastic off these bolts so that I could get to the fabric. That's right - I didn't wait until they were up on the shelf like a nice person would have done. How embarrassing: